Digital Media Group (DMG)
DMG Publications
- Digital Data Preservation
- Digital Cinema
- Past Publications
Digital Data Preservation
Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs.
NIST Special Publication 500-252, October 2003.
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NIST Quick One-Page Reference from the Guide (See above guide)
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NIST/Library of Congress (LoC) Optical Disc Longevity Testing
Procedure. NIST Special Publication 500-263, November, 2005
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Stability Comparison of Recordable Optical Discs --
A Study of Error Rates in Harsh Conditions.
NIST Journal of Research, Volume 109, Number 5, September-October 2004
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DVD-ROM Drive Compatibility Test for DVD-R(General), DVD-RW, DVD+R,
DVD+RW and DVD-RAM Discs (Phase 1). NIST Special Publication 500-254,
October 2003
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Digital Cinema
"Software for viewing and converting digital cinema materials," Charles
Fenimore and Alex Nikolaev, NISTIR 6814, Gaithersburg MD (December
2001)
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"Characterization of Projection Systems for the MPEG-4 Digital Cinema
Compression Scheme Evaluation," P.A. Boynton and C. Fenimore, NISTIR
6792, Gaithersburg MD (September 2001)
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"Mastering and Archiving Uncompressed Digital Video Test Materials,"
C. Fenimore, SMPTE Journal, v.110, pp 726 - 735 (October 2001)
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"Quality Assessment for Digital Cinema: Test Materials and Metrics
for Compression," C. Fenimore, Proceedings of Digital Cinema Conference
2001, NISTIR 6591, (January 2001)
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"Opportunities in Digital Cinema," C. Fenimore, Advanced Technology
Program 2001 ATP Digital Video Program Workshop, University of South
Florida, Tampa, Florida, USA (February 8, 2001)
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"Mosquito noise in MPEG-compressed video: test patterns and metrics,"
C. Fenimore, J. Libert, and P. Roitman, Proc. SPIE Conf. Human Vision
and Electronic Imaging, San Jose CA (2000)
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"Mastering and Archiving Uncompressed Digital Video Test Materials,"
C. Fenimore (October 2000)
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